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δ202Δέλτοςwriting-tablet[Meaning a] little writing-board, little sketch-tablet, draft-tablet. Zeno of Citium "used to compare his own successor Cleanthes to writing tablets overlaid with hard wax, which are hard to write on but which keep what …highshort
δ556ΔιάθεσιςdispositionSince the linkage of the soul with the body is not unrelated but is sympathetic [with it], at least some traces of the movements of the soul go to the body, and from the …highmedium
δ628Διάλεξιςspeech, conversation, discourseAristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they provide us with speech". That is, with experience of speeches. And intelligence, that is to show what has been thought. Speech differs from dialect, because dialect is a character …

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writing-tablet

[Meaning a] little writing-board, little sketch-tablet, draft-tablet. Zeno of Citium "used to compare his own successor Cleanthes to writing tablets overlaid with hard wax, which are hard to write on but which keep what…

Δέλτος· πινακίδιον, τιτλάριον, σχεδάριον. Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεὺς Κλεάνθην τὸν αὑτοῦ διάδοχον ἀφωμοίου ταῖς σκληροκήροις δέλτοις, αἳ μόλις μὲν γράφονται, διατηροῦσι δὲ τὰ γραφέντα.

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δ637ΔιάλογοςdialogueSee above under 'dialectic'.highshort

δ797Διατριβήschool, amusement, pastime[Meaning a] place where some people learn. Or a season [or: opportunity] according to which we turn back on something. Or a philosophical discourse. It also means pursuit and business, way of living, mode …highmedium

δ976Διευκρινῆclear (things), distinct (things)[Meaning] plain [ones]. Also [sc. attested is the related abstract noun] dieukri/nhsis ["elucidation"], [meaning] clarity.highshort

δ1073Δικαιοσύνηjustice[It is] a knowledge of what one should choose and what one should beware of and [what is] neither of them. Now justice [is] the common virtue, the [virtue] that is opposed to the …highmedium

δ1080Δικαίωμαact of justice[It is said] that no act of justice [is] stronger than weapons; for everyone having an advantage in power is always reputed to act and to speak more justly. [It is said] that Archelaus, …highshort

δ1081Δικαιώματαacts of justice, things done as of right[Meaning] praiseworthy starting-points. "For if it is we who prevail, you will be entitled to demand great things from me as of right, because you have shared with us the greatest risks."highshort

δ1089Δίκηlawsuit, private suit[Meaning] the prosecution undertaken on behalf of wrongs against individuals, the penalty in which is fixed in the laws. "Having been a litigant in an unjust lawsuit and having fled in order to avoid …highshort

δ1211Δίοσμοςsmell-transmission[sc. A term for] the transporting faculty of things that can be smelled in Theophrastus. The sense organ is not the nose, but the mastoid apophysis of the brain.highshort

δ1214ΔιότιbecauseThere are occasions when [this word] stands for o(/ti ["since"]. Amongst the many who [treat it] so is Hierocles. We consider the word "since" clearer in three ways. According to the first one, we …highmedium

δ1215ΔιότιμοςDiotimus, DiotimosProper name.highshort

δ1323Δόκησιςfancy[Meaning] conjecture. Or that which is not [anything], but is considered [to be]. What is presentation and shadow and dream.highshort

δ1362Δόξαopinion, reputation[Meaning] surmise, supposition. But doxa is [sc. also] commendation [coming] from the many; and if [it does come] from the many, [it is] because [it comes] from the ignorant.highshort

δ1363ΔόξαopinionThe rational and cognitive part of the soul is divided into intellect, thought, opinion. So opinion is concerned with the common among the sensible things; for it knows that "white" [is] discerned by means …highmedium

δ1424ΔοῦλοιslavesAll men [are slaves] of God by nature, but those who gladly choose his mastery [are so] by disposition. Base men [are] slaves of evils, but virtuous men [are] free. There is also another …highmedium